Region: Central Florida Region
Car #: 111
Year : '90 Miata Posts: 189
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quote:Originally posted by autobahn usa: hi guys i built a miata with sams specs but i am a novice and wonder if we need to have a novice group? it sounds like you x-box pros will leave us new guys far behind.i tried the manuel shift no clutch it was great fun but i am faster with auto. well back to my practice. hi sam. i go by spec larry.
The car with Sam's 1st specs is on slicks and weighs 2000lbs. We're using John's specs.
Region: Utah
Car #: 70
Year : 1991 Posts: 169
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Last night was fun until I got kicked off or something. I need to practice alot more and figure out my mic. Sorry to the three guys I bumped, real people are different then the game AI.
Region: NASA MA / SCCA CCR
Car #: 6
Year : 1990 Posts: 600
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All I can say is Drago must have built Racerfink's car because he is damn fast, especially at Sebring Hell of a driver.
Did anyone write down all the results? I asked someone to do it but I know we had a lot of echo problems last night.
I lost my connection in the Sebring race. I think I finished 3rd twice and 2nd once. We are going to need to have multiple hosts for the next race because we have over 8 people which is all a room can hold.
I'd set up some sort of sign up system and then assign a room leader. I'd like to set up a points system eventually and also do qualifying for the races if possible. The top 8 of all the rooms can compete for the final race.
I'll be on at 8:30pm eastern tonight if anyone wants to race.
Region: Central Florida Region
Car #: 111
Year : '90 Miata Posts: 189
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If that video is by 11Reynard11, that's the spec miata series that Cheeto23 is running over at GTXF.net (youtube is blocked here at work, so I can't see it right now).
A little less power, and it's using the Sport suspension. I think the PI is E229.
And all my cars are Jeffy Boy Specials! I've been going to Sebring since 1988, and racing there since 1991!
Region: SW - Houston
Car #: 6
Year : 99, 96 Posts: 2262
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quote:Originally posted by racerfink: You want something like this? Or you want something newer? Granted, this is as far as I got with this one so far.
Whoa! Thats awesome. I'll use that one to be nostalgic.
Thanks and Gig 'Em.
-------------------- Blake Clements
PhillipsRacePrep/SP Induction Systems/East Street Racing/MiataCage.com/Carbotech/WBR Graphics
Region: Central Florida Region
Car #: 111
Year : '90 Miata Posts: 189
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About the only thing left to do is the Phillips Race Prep and SPInduction decals on the doors. I may try cleaning up the nose too, so that the line between the silver (yeah, it almost looks white in the pic) and the red is curved instead of straight. Just send me a friend request- racerfink. It may take a few days for me to finish it up, cause I've got a basketball tourney I'm running and coaching a team in till Wednesday.
Region: NASA FL / CFR SCCA
Car #: 25
Year : 1991 Posts: 374
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quote:Originally posted by TaxMan: As bad as I was, I am almost glad my DSL provider decided I didn't need an internet connection anymore.
Anyone feel like gifting me a setup that doesn't snap oversteer every corner? The more I try to fix the problem, the worse I make it.
I'm game for next week, I'd like to be in the 'slow' room though!
Gary,
I'll gift you a setup that is tighter than normal next time I am able to turn on the xbox. Things just got real busy around here, but I am going to plan for this Saturday night again @ 9pm.
Curbs will kill you, especially at Sebring. If you hit one mid corner your going to start spinning.
Region: NASA FL / CFR SCCA
Car #: 25
Year : 1991 Posts: 374
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quote:Originally posted by racerfink: The springs HAVE to be 700.0 front and 325.0 rear. Ride Height, Caster, Camber, Air Pressure, Toe and Shocks are free.
Shocks?? I was under the assumption we were leaving the settings the way they came on the Race suspension upgrade. Bound and Rebound settings are a bit tricky, does anyone know what these are on the Bilsteins? I would be interested to try out the realistic specs on shocks.
Region: Central Florida Region
Car #: 111
Year : '90 Miata Posts: 189
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quote:Originally posted by John A - 5x Racing:
quote:Originally posted by racerfink: The springs HAVE to be 700.0 front and 325.0 rear. Ride Height, Caster, Camber, Air Pressure, Toe and Shocks are free.
Shocks?? I was under the assumption we were leaving the settings the way they came on the Race suspension upgrade. Bound and Rebound settings are a bit tricky, does anyone know what these are on the Bilsteins? I would be interested to try out the realistic specs on shocks.
That's what I went for on my shock settings. My car is very under-damped. That's why my front wheels cleared the ground the one time through 17 at Sebring when I caught THE bump wrong.
Region: CCR - 61
Car #: 79
Year : 1992 Posts: 46
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Anyone feel like gifting me a setup that doesn't snap oversteer every corner? The more I try to fix the problem, the worse I make it.
Gary, I'll send you my setup this morning... see you online
-------------------- Jose Bonet
TaxMan
Willing to trade tax advice for Miata parts...
Region: Florida Region
Car #: 7
SMIM: TaxMan Posts: 1085
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quote:Originally posted by John A - 5x Racing: Curbs will kill you, especially at Sebring. If you hit one mid corner your going to start spinning.
I've been hitting curbs, walls, gravel traps, other cars (sorry Specracer70) anything else that gets in my way. Good news is that I've become really good at drifting my car through every corner so I might have to give up on the racing and move to the drifting part of the game!!
It was so bad that I might have to go to Sebring for the National next weekend just to get my confidence back.
-------------------- Gary Jenkins SEDIV Spec Miata Advisory Committe AOL IM:PBLRacing
Region: SE
Car #: 15
Year : 90 Posts: 70
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To fix oversteer, you need to be less liberal with the throttle. If your smooth and roll off the brakes as you turn in and slowly feed in throttle you won't oversteer. Smooth is the key, I still don't have it down yet, but when you get it right the car handles great. The real problem is that your butt isn't attached to the car its not the setup. I'm running -3 camber all around and 32 psi.
Region: Northwest
Car #: 86
Year : 1995 Posts: 372
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Just as in real life, the car's also much more stable when you take corners on throttle versus lifting in mid-corner. If you tune that out, I suspect the car will push like there's no tomorrow most of the time.
-------------------- Stephen Hui - '95 SM #86, Northwest / Oregon Region SCCA
quote:Originally posted by SamBarnett: Does anyone have the ability to make a Race Engineering decal in Forza 3? I'm not artistic enough but I'd love to have some on my car.
Region: Kansas City
Car #: 70
Year : 95 Posts: 477
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Nice job on the graphics Lee and Eric...
I was trying to bang out some laps last night with setup changes, but must admit I am still chasing that 1:38 at Road Atlanta by a wide margin.
Just to clarify a dodgy little post from a few days back...is everyone leaving their shock damping rates alone, or are people playing with these?????? We need to decide what the group is doing.
Maybe someone smarter than me can put it to a poll?
Can't police the shocks or damping, but I say, leave them as prescribed....700 in front, 325* in back and all else untouched.
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